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24.6.2024 | Throughout the month of June, we are celebrating International Pride Month. The theme of Helsinki Pride this year is ‘Peace and Hope’. We all have the right to peace. We all have the right to hope. They have been selected as this year’s theme for a good reason.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/peace-and-hope-for-pride
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7.3.2023 | on March 7 2023 in Dohahttps://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/speech-by-vice-minister-of-the-republic-of-finland-johanna-sumuvuori-at-the-fifth-un-conference-on-the-least-developed-countries
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RP 13/2025 rd FvUB 15/2025 rd RSv 74/2025 rd Lag om ändring av 5 och 7 § i lagen om ordnande av utredningar av sexual- och misshandelsbrott mot barn I enlighet med riksdagens beslut ändras i lagen om ordnande av utredningar av sexual- och misshand...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/delegate/file/189422
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8.3.2021 | For decades, Nordic countries have prospered due to the equal participation and inclusion of women and girls in all areas of societal life. For us, ensuring the enjoyment of human rights of all women and girls, in all their diversity, and ending gender-based discrimination in all of its forms, is the right and the smart thing to do because gender equality benefits everyone.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/the-foreign-ministers-of-finland-iceland-norway-sweden-and-denmark-strong-commitment-to-gender-equality-and-the-rights-of-all-women-and-girls
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20.11.2020 | EU development ministers to discuss gender equality and debt sustainability in partner countries Ministry for Foreign Affairs Publication date 20.11.2020 12.51 Type: Press release EU development ministers will gather to discuss debt sustainability...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/eu-development-ministers-to-discuss-gender-equality-and-debt-sustainability-in-partner-countries
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11.11.2019 | -https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/25-years-since-agreement-reached-on-right-to-decide-over-your-own-body
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20.3.2026 | Raakaa väkivaltaa esittävän kuvamateriaalin hallussapito säädetään rangaistavaksi ja lasta seksuaalisesti esittävän kuvan hallussapidolle säädetään törkeä tekomuoto. Rikoslain muutokset tulevat voimaan 1. huhtikuuta. Tasavallan presidentti vahvisti lain tänään.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410853/raakaa-vakivaltaa-ja-lasta-seksuaalisesti-esittavien-kuvien-hallussapitoa-koskevat-lakimuutokset-voimaan-huhtikuussa
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3.12.2025 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has published the Non-Violent Childhoods Action Plan for 2026–2033 aimed at preventing all forms of violence against children. The plan, which will be implemented at the government level, is based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Lanzarote Convention and national statutes that require all forms of violence against children to be combated.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/every-adult-is-responsible-for-ensuring-that-children-can-live-without-violence-action-plan-guides-violence-prevention-in-finland
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27.11.2024 | The Nordic ministers responsible for gender equality and LGBTI issues met in Stockholm today on 27 November 2024. The meeting discussed, among other things, how gender equality and human rights are weakening globally. Finland was represented at the meeting by Minister of Social Security Sanni Grahn-Laasonen.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/nordic-countries-issue-declaration-on-promoting-gender-equality-and-rights-of-sexual-and-gender-minorities
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5.6.2025 | Hallitus esittää, että raakaa väkivaltaa esittävän kuvamateriaalin hallussapito tulee rangaistavaksi. Lisäksi lasta seksuaalisesti esittävän kuvan hallussapidolle säädettäisiin törkeä tekomuoto, mikä ankaroittaisi vakavan hallussapitorikoksen rangaistuksia merkittävästi.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410853/raakaa-vakivaltaa-ja-lasta-seksuaalisesti-esittavan-kuvamateriaalin-hallussapitoon-esitetaan-lakimuutoksia
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3.11.2025 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is requesting comments on a draft new act on healthcare and social welfare units that assist in investigating suspected offences involving children. The aim is to make the child-friendly Barnahus model a permanent part of the investigation of suspected offences involving children. Comments can be submitted between 3 November and 15 December.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/request-for-comments-new-act-would-strengthen-child-friendly-practices-in-criminal-investigations
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6.10.2023 | How to turn pain into power? Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Fida co-organised a webinar where Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege talked about his work helping survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/fighting-sexual-violence-together
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20.2.2025 | Lakiehdotuksen mukaan raakaa väkivaltaa esittävän kuvamateriaalin hallussapito säädettäisiin rangaistavaksi ja lasta seksuaalisesti esittävän kuvan hallussapidolle säädettäisiin törkeä tekomuoto. Törkeän tekomuodon säätäminen ankaroittaisi lasta seksuaalisesti esittävän kuvan hallussapidon rangaistuksia.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410853/lausunnoilla-raakaa-vakivaltaa-ja-lasta-seksuaalisesti-esittavan-kuvamateriaalin-hallussapitoon-puututaan-lakimuutoksin
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4.11.2025 | The Second UN World Summit for Social Development will be organised on 4–6 2025 November in Doha, Qatar. The summit will strengthen the global commitment to social development. Minister of Social Security Sanni Grahn-Laasonen will represent Finland at the summit.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/finland-participates-in-un-social-development-summit-in-qatar-aim-to-strengthen-social-justice-and-sustainable-development
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8.12.2025 | This year, the International Gender Equality Prize was awarded to Masha Foundation , a Ukrainian public organisation which carries out significant work to help Ukrainian women overcome the psychological consequences of war and other violence.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/finland-s-international-gender-equality-prize-2025-goes-to-assistance-work-for-women-who-suffer-from-psychological-consequences-of-war-and-violence-in-ukraine
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6.6.2025 | The Baltic Pride Conference, taking place in Vilnius on 6 June, will discuss the inclusion and rights of LGBTI people. The event will be opened by State Secretary Laura Rissanen as part of Finland’s Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/baltic-pride-2025-conference-to-highlight-lgbti-rights-and-equality
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21.12.2022 | The amended provisions on sexual offences in the Criminal Code will enter into force on 1 January 2023. The reform aims to strengthen everyone’s right to sexual self-determination and the protection of personal integrity.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410853/revised-legislation-on-sexual-offences-enters-into-force-at-the-beginning-of-next-year
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7.3.2025 | The 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place in New York between 10 and 21 March 2025. Finland will be represented at the session by a broad-based delegation headed by Minister Sanni Grahn-Laasonen.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/finland-continues-to-promote-gender-equality-and-human-rights-loudly-at-session-of-un-commission-on-the-status-of-women
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5.12.2022 | Finland’s additional support will help the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) provide mobile health services, safe births and family planning for women who have been forced from their homes by the drought and food crisis in Somalia.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-supports-sexual-and-reproductive-health-services-for-women-and-girls-in-somalia
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15.11.2022 | The Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Family Federation of Finland and the Disability Partnership Finland will organise a discussion event on the sexual and reproductive health and rights of persons with disabilities at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 17 November.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/follow-discussion-online-who-determines-the-sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-